head lice

Skin parasites found in the scalp hair, especially among school-age children, and spread by direct contact and sharing combs, hats, pillows, and so forth. The tiny lice and lice eggs may be seen attached to hairs, and the major symptom is severe itching. Although the condition is mostly associated with children from poor and unhygienic environments, it is also seen in children from affluent families. Lice infestations are called“pediculosis.”The disease typhus is transmitted by lice to humans.